flicker🔊

An unsteady flash of light.

(figurative) A short moment.

To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

To flutter or flap.

(class of woodpeckers; member thereof; instance thereof) (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus (genus).

One who flicks.

(colloquial) A television remote control.UK's TV Licensing authority held a poll that found British people use more than 100 different names for their TV remote, with "flicker" being among the most popular alternative. The results were published on its website [https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/cs/media-centre/news/view.app?id=1369783125485#:~:text=The%20top%20moniker%20for%20remote,than%20100%20regional%20variations%20identified. here] but are no longer accessible. Various news outlets have since reported on it, like [https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/tv-remote-pass-me-the-hoofer-doofer-what-do-you-call-your-remote-control-tv-licensing/ CNET]. +